Retail group forecasts solid retail sales growth for 2019

The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, forecasts that retail sales should grow between 3.8 percent and 4.4 percent to more than $3.8 trillion this year as shoppers remain in the mood to spend in a strong economy and job market. The forecast, released Tuesday, is nearly in line with the 4.6 percent gain the group preliminarily estimated for 2018 pending the release of December data from the Commerce Department...
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